Exercise Science

Major

Why This Program & What You'll Learn

As a CMU Exercise Science major, you'll examine the health and fitness benefits of physical movement and exercise using a science-based approach. Our approach includes classroom learning, laboratory activities, and an internship.

The major offers three options: clinical exercise science, health fitness, and kinesiology. You can prepare for a career that may involve work in a variety of clinical or non-clinical areas, such as cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, cardiovascular diagnostic testing, or general health-fitness settings.

Alternatively, our advisors can help prepare you for application to graduate programs in exercise physiology, physical therapy, physician assistant, medical or dental school, nursing, pharmacy, or other areas of health care.

Program Highlights

As an exercise science student at CMU, you can:

• Pursue your specific career goals by focusing on clinical exercise, health fitness, or kinesiology.
• Tailor your studies to match your interests, choosing courses such as Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurs, Nutrition and Performance, or Health Implications of Obesity.
• Join a community of like-minded students by living in the Health Professions Residential College.

Our exercise science program at Central Michigan University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences (CoAES). Our Exercise Science undergraduate program demonstrates academic excellence as the first in Michigan to obtain accreditation by CAAHEP through CoAES. Our students graduate, are satisfied with their education, and perform well on national credentialing exams as seen in our outcome data.